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Hi all.Is it possible to use a scripted parameter in a workspace to populate the items for a choice parameter ?So far I’ve had to manually edit the choice list whenever new items needed to be added, but potentially it’s possible to create all the items automatically with a query to a database. This would release me from having to update it manually.The example I’ve found only talks about returning a single text, but a choice parameter needs a list of display+value pairs.Any insight is welcome.Cheers

Hello Forum, I have a workspace which is reading in a csv containing a field called UPRN. Some of the values are full (e.g.: 200003362891) but some values are zero. This is expected in the data and is fine.   But when read into the FeatureReader the values look like this (when set as Number)… And if set as Int64 it comes out like this…

Hello,FME Flow announces the deprecation of the JobWaiter transformer:2024-9-2 10:59:42 | FMEFlowJobWaiter (ServerFactory): FMEFlowJobWaiter was deprecated in 2024.1.0. Its support lifetime is limited because the v3 FME Flow REST API will be removed in future FME releases. When the v3 API is removed, this transformer will stop working. Please update this workspace to use an HTTPCaller to call the relevant REST API directly instead.Question: Is there any ‘how-to’ with a sample workspace which REST call can be used to replace the JobWaiter functionalities? My sample scenario would be: You have 5 jobs running in parallel (wait to complete NO), JobWaiter polls every 20sec until all 5 job_ids are received and completed. all 5 jobs must have _status SUCCESS before Job #6 is called.I tried 

Hello community,Just installed the 2025.1 beta of FME Form [FME(R) 2025.1.0.0 (20250612 - Build 25591 - WIN64)].I'm experiencing a new behaviour compared to all the previous versions: when I open a workbench it automatically fills all caches in, without me running the workbench. Luckily, it stops at the writers and does nor run them.I could not find any information about this in the change log of the latest versions.Is this on purpose or a bug? Is there any way to stop it? I do want the caches, but I want to decide which ones are created.I get these notifications in the data preview while it is doing it and after it is done:Sorry if this is repeated, I couldn't find it here.

I have downloaded  county road network compined the lines via road name I have 2 point datasets a (From and a To). they are intersections of the road network they share many fields but ive been using a count field as a joiner. when I am using feature joiner I keep the roads that the points are touching but i want to keep only the road inbetween the points. after point on area overlayer theyre broken up but the fields are duplicated. so i am unsure how to keep the “inner section”. Im sure its just something simple i am misunderstanding 

My requirement is to calculate the distance in meters from points to nearest road in FME, end output should be one new field should be added in point layer with distance to each points. i have tried to do this with NeighborFinder transformer but i am not getting my desired output. i don’t where i am doing mistake. can any one help me.

Colleagues, I'm looking for a way to sort two text columns in Excel based on a custom classification. I have a dataset with several columns, including X, Y, ID Link, GIS Portal Link, Major Company, and Sub Company. My goal is to sort the "Major Company" and "Sub Company" columns according to my own predefined order.Here's what I attempted:I used the AttributeMapper transformer to assign classification values, followed by a Sorter to sort both columns. However, it seems that FME ignored the initial sorting by "Major Company" and only applied the sort to the "Sub Company" column.What I want is: To first sort the "Major Company" column based on my custom classification. Then, within each "Major Company" group, sort the "Sub Company" column based on another classification. It’s important that the

HelloI have to change the value of a deployment parameter. Is there a way to find out, in which other workspaces this deployment parameters is being used?Thanks, Vera

Hi all,I’m running a workflow that reads a licensed FGDB layer, it’s setup within a custom transformer to take advantage of parallel processing.The problem is I’m getting the following error when the PC spins up 16 instances.025-06-03 22:38:47| 0.3| 0.0|INFORM|2> Opening the Esri Geodatabase reader2025-06-03 22:39:48| 0.4| 0.1|INFORM|2> The ArcObjects license 'Advanced' is being selected from the ESRILicenseInfo ArcObjects call2025-06-03 22:39:48| 0.4| 0.0|INFORM|2> The Esri Product license used by this machine does not include licenses for the 'Advanced' licensing level2025-06-03 22:40:48| 0.5| 0.1|INFORM|2> The ArcObjects license 'Advanced' is being selected from the ESRILicenseInfo ArcObjects call2025-06-03 22:40:48| 0.5| 0.0|INFORM|2> The Esri Product license used by this machine does not include licenses for the 'Advanced' licensing level2025-06-03 22:40:48| 0.5| 0.0|ERROR |2&g

Currently unable to use Feature Reader (version 15) with:Spatial Filter = "Initiator is OGC-Within Result"My initiator is a points layer and the Result layer is a polygon layer, both in the same coordinate system.It gives me a _reader_error of <missing> with no further explanation.This was upgraded from FME 2022.2 Feature Reader Version(13). No changes to any settings.When I copy/paste the version 13 Feature Reader from FME 2022 back into this 2024 workspaces and run it, it works just fine.Has functionality changed? If so, can someone point me to the doc that explains it?Or is this a bug? 

Hi I was particualrly interested in an item that is mentioned in the FME Form Change log for FME 2025.0.2 - “Add support to read workspace parameters.” https://fme.safe.com/changelog/?_change_log_product=FMEFORM&_change_log_version=2022000001%2C2025000200 I was wondering if it is possible to obtain a detailed description of what this change is? It may well address a topic that I have been interested in for some time.RegardsJamie

Hi there,Input data:list with numerous entries, sorted, with changing name excerpt: name from to 947606 2041.020 2045.574 947606 2045.574 2055.574 947606 2055.574 2065.574 947606 2065.574 2079.880 947606 2079.880 2083.168 947606 2083.168 2089.880 947606 2089.880 2099.880 list with ‘exceptions’ excerpt: name from to 947606 108.459 108.7

Hello,I would like to perform queries on a branched electrical network composed of sections interconnected according to the current direction. However, the "TopologyBuilder" and "NetworkTopologyCalculator" transformers facilitate this task, but have limitations regarding the manipulation of downstream sections.  For example, I have the entity "i" and I want to collect and query the values ​​of the entity "i+1" (by analogy with the "for" loop in Python), then "i+2", etc.Do I have to use Python development, or are there other, simpler solutions?Thank you in advance for your valuable assistance.

I’ve reached the workflow stage, but I can’t proceed further. I’m trying to extract multiple tables from a PDF file. I’ve been following https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407564475277-Extracting-Text-and-Tabular-Data-from-PDF#h_01HW3Z9Z37Q33NQQ7R0XBGEVB0, but the structure of my PDF is quite different.I only want to extract the tables—nothing else. In my case, the table has titles on the right and content on the left. I used the StringSearcher to extract the titles, since they are easier to identify (usually one word).The challenge now is that I can’t extract or separate the content, as it’s made up of long sentences that are mixed with the titles. I'm looking for a solution to: Sep

I want to run a batch process to load a series of file-based datasets in a folder, do some simple transformations and export each to a database table.  The workspace in the image below is run by a workspace runner.  The complication is that each source has some standard columns and an unknown quantity of additional columns, which need to be loaded into the database as a new table.  If I configure the workspace with one source file, the schema config will not be correct for another file.  How can I set the schema definition to be dynamic?  I’ve been researching the subject but have not found the answer. 

when I am using AnchoredSnapper Reader Cad civil Writer : oracle spatial  Anchor : arcsCandidate : pointsSnapping Type : vertex Snapping it working fine Anchor : arcsCandidate : pointsSnapping Type : Segment SnappingTolerance zeroerror ORA-13347: the coordinates defining an arc are not distinct  same Snapping Distance in both  Why does this error occur when using Segment Snapping, The anchor is not supposed to move even with the Segment Snapping selected

So I was testing the 2025.1 Beta and was curious to try the new DocumentPDFStyler after seeing it mentioned in Seattle a few weeks ago at The Peak of Data and AI 2025. This caught my eye and I cannot find anything about this new “Safeguard”. What is it and why are the run icons disabled and not the same as other transformers (ex: Run from this, run to this...)?  

Hello, I have an AGOL Hosted Feature Layer that contains Fire Hydrants. There are 5,000 points.I want to update from a File Geodatabase with new Fire Hydrants. There are 5,004 points (meaning there are 4 new hydrants that do not exist in the Hosted Feature Layer).In the AGOL Feature Service Writer (highlighted in blue in the screenshot), to update this Hosted Feature Layer, would I use INSERT in Writer Mode? I want to upload only the 4 new Fire Hydrants to the Hosted Feature Layer from the Fire Geodatabase, thus preserving the existing records in the Hosted Feature Layer.  Would I use Truncate Yes or No?    

Can you help us complete this list of URLs used by FME? Some of our users work in environments with limited access to the internet and need to request access to specific URLs via a proxy . We are building a list of URLs used by FME and we are asking you for more input. Below are URLs we know FME may access in typical use. Are there other URLs you think we should add to the list? We will edit this list as answers come in.Of course, there is a multitude of web services you can connect to with FME using Web Connections and the HttpCaller transformer, and we don't want to add them all here. We are looking for URLs used by FME Workbench, standard FME readers and writers, and FME transformers. Please note: You can, of course, run FME without any internet access at all but you won't be able to use the FME Hub or access resources on the web.Workbench Startupwww.safe.com/ *fmestartup.safe.com/Help and docs:docs.safe.com/

I don’t know if this is a bug in build 25220, or if it’s the intended behavior. But it’s very different from past versions, and will likely cause issues in our workflows.When the ‘Merge Attributes’ option is unchecked, no Candidate attributes are carried forward in the Passed port as a shown in this screenshot. The Candidate attributes are only carried forward in the Failed port.If the ‘Merge Attributes’ is checked, the attributes are passed: However, the issue is that there is no configuration in the ‘Merge Attributes’ section that will only pass the original attributes from the Candidate. You are forced to either merge the Filter attributes, create a prefix on the Filter a

Hello, have bumped into the problem of generic reader not being able to read a GML and have read the literature on how to circumvent this by adding a separate reader as a resource to make the generic reader understand my GML’s. But I cannot get it to work the reader just runs and doesn't find data, no error or warning, Total Features Read 0.,So my GML is pretty straight forward as there is no problem getting FME to read it with a OGC GML reader without needing to set XSD schemas and so forth, just reads it in by default. I have tried various settings in a GML reader that have all worked and then copied that workflow when I add the reader as a resource without any luck.Have I overseen some step here or any ideas what I might be doing wrong? Send hilfen, Hlynur 

I have a MapInfo table which I want to modify by inserting and/or deleting records.I would like to modify the MapInfo table in place.I think that I can use the Precisely MapInfo Extended TAB Writer Feature Type Parameters?https://docs.safe.com/fme/2022.1/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/mapinfo_extended/mapinfo_extended-ft-param-w.htmMy software is FME Desktop FME(R) 2022.1.3.0 (20220928 - Build 22630 - WIN64)But how do I build a workspace that performs this task?How do I build a Writer transformer that recognises an existing MapInfo table? 

I have a word template with me and I would like to use that template to create a new document along with the custom content dynamically. Cheers,Srikanth

I need to get from an Excel configuration file a parameter for the Buffer distance of a Bufferer transformer.What’s the best way to do this in order for the parameter to be accessible by the Bufferer transformer ?I have tried the VariableSetter and VariableRetriever transformers but what I don’t like about it is that I give the value to every feature that passes through VariableRetriever.Plus the VariableSetter/Retriever method doesn’t work well with cache.

We need a way to detect/test for Arcs in our Esri SDE database.   We manage a large road line segment.  The system that uses this data does not accept Arcs, just polylines. Previously, we edited our data in ArcMap, then run a nightly job to check our data in FME.  Using the PathSplitter, followed by the GeometryFilter we could then find any Arcs that had been introduced into our data. Now that we are editing our data within ArcGIS Pro, it seems that Arcs show up as an Arc within Pro, but in FME, the segments show up as Lines and are not flagged with the workflow, mentioned above, using PathSplitter and GeometryFilter. How can we filter/test to find the Arcs in our data?UsingFME 2024.1ArcPro 3.2.3ESRI SQL SDE 10.9.1Example Arc attached in FGDB.  Then the Feature is opened in ArcPro, and an edit session is started to ‘Edit Vertices’, we can see that there is a verity that controls the curve of the line.